Surface Water Supply Of Seward Peninsula Alaska

Author : John C. Hoyt
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ISBN 13 : 9781332210701
Total Pages : 80 pages
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Download or read book Water Supply of Nome Region, Seward Peninsula, Alaska (Classic Reprint) written by John C. Hoyt and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Water Supply of Nome Region, Seward Peninsula, Alaska The successful operation of a placer deposit depends primarily upon the water supply. Data in regard to this supply are essential to its economical development, and lack of such information in regard to the flow of streams has often caused financial failure in mining as well as in other enterprises which depend on water. For a number of years the United States Geological Survey has made in the United States systematic measurements and studies of the water supply as one of the great resources of the country. These data are now available for all of the more important streams, and are extensively used by engineers and others in problems involving water power, city water supply, irrigation, and manufacturing. During the season of 1906 the Survey extended these investigations to Alaska in order that information in regard to water supply may be available for the economical development of the placer mines and water power of that territory. The field work was carried on from June 11 to October 3. The work necessary for the preparation of this report was done under the direction of the water-resources branch, but the expenses were paid from the appropriation for the investigation of the mineral resources of Alaska. The limited funds available made it necessary to restrict the investigations to a comparatively limited area. Owing to the rich placers and extensive mining in the vicinity of Nome the work was confined to streams of that section, special attention being given to the more important of those that supply water for working the rich deposits back of Nome. The gaging stations were so located (see Pi. I and the following list) that the measurements should show the water available in this important area. The additional supply below the points of measurement may in many cases have a local value, as has also the water of many of the smaller streams, but it was impossible to measure them on account of the limited funds. The data obtained, however, give a fair idea of the conditions of flow that may be expected at points in the vicinity where measurements were made (see pp. 44-47)and are also of value in determining the flow that may be expected in other parts of this region. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.